ARMED HOLD-UP.
BOOKMAKER’S ESCAPE. SHOTS FIRED AT HIS CAR. A TELEPHONE WARNING. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. CoDyrlgnt (Received Dec. 19, 3 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 19. Masked bandits fired on a car driven by Mr Francis O'Connor, a bookmaker, after he escaped an attempted holdup. The bullets pierced the door and lodged in the seat upholstery, close to Aubrey Parkinson, a jockey, who was travelling with O’Connor. An hour later O’Connor's Hotel was rung up, and a voice said: “Tell O'Connor he was lucky to-night. He will not be so lucky next time.” This is the second occasion O’Connor has foiled hold-up men, he was wounded last lime.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19763, 19 December 1935, Page 10
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107ARMED HOLD-UP. Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19763, 19 December 1935, Page 10
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